If nothing else, I have to give “Gantz:  G” this: It has managed to crawl its way up from the creative bankruptcy of vol. 1 to display something resembling competence in its third and final volume.  We lose no time picking up from vol. 2 and the death of Fujimoto at the hands of the […]

Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama’s boss, Reigen, may be an unscrupulous exorcist with no real psychic powers to speak of, but he’s got one real redeeming feature.  Which would be the fact that he does good by his sole employee and tries to instill in him a sense of morality about how he uses his powers. Not […]

This is a volume of two halves, one of which is considerably more problematic than the other.  The first half introduces us to another group of survivors living out of an office building and led by the implausibly charismatic Asada.  He’s set up his own cult of personality called Asada-ism which he wants to spread […]

We’ve known for quite some time that the tendrils of the Nanyang Alliance under Sojo Levan Fu have infiltrated the Federation and Zeon forces.  What this volume makes abundantly clear is just how for that infiltration extends. Things start off in a lighthearted fashion with the Federation forces headed towards some down time after successfully […]

More than any other, this is the volume I’ve been waiting to re-read once it was announced that the “Silver Spoon” manga had been licensed for U.S. release.  That’s because it finally introduces one of the most significant characters to the main story: Hachiken’s Dad, Kazumasa. (Really, it should be Yuugo’s Dad since Hachiken is […]

One door closes and another opens… As the previous volume made explicitly clear, we’re onto a new arc in this series.  The “College Arc” to be precise. After settling things with Cartaphilius and managing her curses into a state of equilibrium, things are actually going well for Chise right now.  Which means that the invitation […]

Meiko’s regression to a childlike personality has been an unwelcome yet necessary development for this series.  That’s because in order for the student council to be a credible threat to the Shadow Student Council, she had to be taken off the board.  The good news is that the rest of the cast has been more […]

Why is it time for another one of these?  Even after doing this I’ll still have enough manga to write about for the next month.  That’s also not taking into account that my “to buy” list has almost reached critical mass before I make another order through The Right Stuf.  So sit back and enjoy […]

I was under the assumption that seaplane-faring deliveryperson Mikuru Amelia’s quest for the titular island would prove to be as elusive as the next volume in this series.  So it’s only fitting that she discovers it shortly into this second volume. Now that she’s finally found it, everything’s great. Right? Well, not only is she […]